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The blame for rising obesity rates have been pinned on many things, including having more calorific diet the spread of processed food, a lack of exercise and modern man’s generally more stressful lot.

A.	has been pinned on many things, including a more calorific diet,	B.	have been pinned to many things, including more calorific diets,
C.	have been pinned on many things, including a calorie rich diet,	D.	has been pinned on many things: having a more calorific diet,

Answer and Explanation

Answer:has been pinned on many things, including a more calorific diet,

Explanation:
Since the subject is 'the blame'-the verb has to be singular "has'. 'pinned on' is correct idiom. 'A more calorific diet' is parallel with 'the spread of ..' and a lack of Hence option 4 is faulty parallelism.

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